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Ontario government wins one, loses one in challenges to equity legislation
January 1, 1998
Ontario courts have recently handed down rulings involving Charter challenges to two of the more controversial moves of the Harris government. CHARTER APPLIES TO GOVERNMENT
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Emond Harnden- Ontario Court rules against arbitrators’ jurisdiction to extend arbitration deadlines
January 1, 1998
The Ontario Divisional Court has recently handed down a decision concerning arbitrators’ power to extend the time limits for referring grievances to arbitration. In Service
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Videotaped evidence and employee privacy rights
January 1, 1998
More often than not, when deciding whether to admit evidence obtained through covert surveillance of employees, arbitrators will apply tests that balance the employee’s right
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“Fairly, reasonably and decently”: Employers obliged to deal in good faith with dismissed employees, Supreme Court rules
January 1, 1998
In the July 1997 issue of FOCUS we noted that, in three separate cases, Courts of Appeal across Canada had awarded hefty wrongful dismissal damages
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New workers’ compensation legislation in effect
January 1, 1998
The Harris government’s legislation reforming Ontario’s workers’ compensation system has received Royal Assent (for previous articles on the subject, see “Jackson report on WCB: Targeting
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Independent contractors and agency personnel – Are they employees?
October 1, 1997
In the current economic climate, companies seeking to control costs or to acquire a more flexible workforce are turning to temporary agency personnel and independent
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